People's Artist of the RSFSR Yuri Kairov died The artist died at the age of 99, TASS reports. As the chief director of the Mali Theater Andrei Dubrovsky told the agency, the death was due to natural causes. Farewell to Yuri Kairov will take place on November 10, on the same day he will be buried in the Trokorovsky cemetery. Kairov devoted more than 70 years to the stage and was an artist at the State Academic Mali Theater. He gained wide fame thanks to the role of Vladimir Lenin, whose character he portrayed 18 times in films and theater productions.